I don't quite know where to put this as it's pretty heavy in the military aircraft department, but there's quite a bit of civil aviation in it as well. I figure this section of the forum will work OK for these pics :)

Aviation Nation 2009 was a pretty cool deal and I made sure to take plenty of pictures while I was there :wink: I haven't seen very many other pics from this airshow, so here's a few for everyone who couldn't make it this year 8) If you like these, there's more over on my blog - just go to the address in my sig line :)

Make sure to click 'em for full size :D

Cessna 0-2 Skymaster - For sale for just under $100,000

Hangin' out with Bill Reesman - what a great guy :mrgreen:

Classy - gotta love the Mustang :D

The A-10 Warthog - Because you care enough to send the very best :twisted:

I think I might be shot if I didn't post at least one Raptor pic :P

Spooky is one good reason to be afraid of the dark!

Stearmans!!! The closest aircraft was actually used to train the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII :)

Here's a Ryan ST3KR from the Golden Age of aviation 8)

15 November 2009 - SRA Kevin Reid helps to put warheads on Taliban foreheads all the way from Nevada :thumb:

Yes, it flew for the crowd :D Gotta love the mighty P-38 - the only aircraft ever to score an aerial victory while in the glide mode thanks to Robin Olds 8)

These T-33s also flew for the crowd. I still can't quite put my finger on why I love T-Birds, but I just think they're way too cool :)

Of course, there had to be at least one MiG-15 on display :P

This is one of the ones I thought TC might like :wink:

And the Osprey even made the trip for a Sunday static display :)

The song might say that seasons don't fear the Reaper, but I think we can all agree that the Taliban fears this Reaper :twisted:

Here's a few for you from my last trip to Nellis on 30 November My brother is retired USCG and was kind enough to get me on base for a bit and I managed to get some more pics of Eastern Block Cold War hardware

Yes, these are clickable for full size as well

MiG-19 Fulcrum and the tail of a MiG-23 Flogger inside the Threat Training Facility at Nellis AFB

JoeSambor wrote:Geez, I remember the day when if you talked about what was inside the Threat Training Facility, you would be court-martialed. Times sure have changed since the end of the Cold War....

Best Regards,

I was just thinking the same thing. First time I went through the "petting zoo" we were warned of all the horrible things that would happen to us if we spoke of what was inside. I guess since Goole Maps now lets you zoom in enough to see what's inside it doesn't really matter anymore.